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CSS - BORDERS

The border properties allow you to specify how the border of the


box representing an element should look.
There are three properties of a border you can change −

 The border-color specifies the color of a border.


 The border-style specifies whether a border should
be solid, dashed line, double line, or one of the
other possible values.
 The border-width specifies the width of a border.
The border-color Property

 The border-color property allows you to change the color of


the border surrounding an element. You can individually
change the color of the bottom, left, top and right sides of an
element's border using the properties −

 border-bottom-color changes the color of bottom border.


 border-top-color changes the color of top border.
 border-left-color changes the color of left border.
 border-right-color changes the color of right border.
The border-style Property

 The border-style property allows you to select one of the following styles of
border −
 none − No border. (Equivalent of border-width:0;)
 solid − Border is a single solid line.
 dotted − Border is a series of dots.
 dashed − Border is a series of short lines.
 double − Border is two solid lines.
 groove − Border looks as though it is carved into the page.
 ridge − Border looks the opposite of groove.
 inset − Border makes the box look like it is embedded in the page.
 outset − Border makes the box look like it is coming out of the canvas.
 hidden − Same as none, except in terms of border-conflict resolution for table
elements.
The border-width Property
 The border-width property allows you to set the
width of an element borders. The value of this
property could be either a length in px, pt or cm or
it should be set to thin, medium or thick.
 You can individually change the width of the
bottom, top, left, and right borders of an element
using the following properties −
 border-bottom-width changes the width of bottom border.

 border-top-width changes the width of top border.

 border-left-width changes the width of left border.

 border-right-width changes the width of right border.


You can individually change the style of the bottom, left,
top, and right borders of an element using the following
properties −

border-bottom-style changes the style of bottom border.


border-top-style changes the style of top border.
border-left-style changes the style of left border.
border-right-style changes the style of right border.

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